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Golden Crest Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055570
MRDS ID SD02155
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Crest Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.64918, 44.33135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALENA, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadwood South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 004E 06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 , ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN TURBIT CREEK AND STRAWBERRY GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.64918, 44.33135
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Side Is Uplifted Apparently As A Result Of Igneous Intrusion

Ore body information

  • Strike SE
    Dip NEARLY 80 DEG
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Developed Along A Nearly Vertical Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Commonwealth Gold, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • $100,000 IN GOLD, NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1906

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND STOPING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE SHEAR ZONE ON THE 80-, 125-, AND 180-FOOT LEVELS. IRREGULAR DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE AT THE DEADWOOD CONTACTS, AND EXPLORATORY DRIFTING AT THE 300-FOOT LEVEL AN IRREGULAR COURSE. SHAFT PENETRATED 200 FT PORPHYRY; A FEW FT OF QUARTZITE (DEADWOOD) & THEN PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST. OVER 4,500 FT OF DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 300-TON CYANIDE MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

  • Deposit

    SHAPIRO, LEWIS H., AND GRIES,JOHN P., 1979 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH VARIES FROM 8 TO 50 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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